US 12,134,967 B2
Park position for a survey tool
Makito Katayama, Cheltenham (GB); Julien Steimetz, Bristol (GB); Joffroy Dominique Daniel Urbain, Cheltenham (GB); and Zainab Orooq, Stonehouse (GB)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/264,373
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 23, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/070786
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 4, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/183182, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/152,933, filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0102379 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 47/024 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 47/024 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for stabilizing a gyroscope assembly, comprising:
rotating the gyroscope assembly to a park position of one or more predetermined park positions;
rotating a downhole tool about a longitudinal axis, the downhole tool including the gyroscope assembly;
while rotating the downhole tool, maintaining the gyroscope assembly in the park position;
slowing or stopping rotation of the downhole tool;
while rotation of the downhole tool is slowing or stopped, unparking the gyroscope assembly and obtaining a survey measurement with the gyroscope assembly;
after obtaining the survey measurement, returning the gyroscope assembly to one of the one or more predetermined park positions; and
resuming rotating the downhole tool.